diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go
index e8b22074..f7388224 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ func genMessageInternalFields(g *protogen.GeneratedFile, f *fileInfo, m *message
 	g.P(genname.SizeCache, " ", protoimplPackage.Ident("SizeCache"))
 	sf.append(genname.SizeCache)
 	if m.HasWeak {
-		g.P(genname.WeakFields, " ", protoimplPackage.Ident("WeakFields"), jsonIgnoreTags)
+		g.P(genname.WeakFields, " ", protoimplPackage.Ident("WeakFields"))
 		sf.append(genname.WeakFields)
 	}
 	g.P(genname.UnknownFields, " ", protoimplPackage.Ident("UnknownFields"))
@@ -900,10 +900,7 @@ func genNoInterfacePragma(g *protogen.GeneratedFile, tracked bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-var (
-	gotrackTags    = structTags{{"go", "track"}}
-	jsonIgnoreTags = structTags{{"json", "-"}}
-)
+var gotrackTags = structTags{{"go", "track"}}
 
 // structTags is a data structure for build idiomatic Go struct tags.
 // Each [2]string is a key-value pair, where value is the unescaped string.
diff --git a/internal/testprotos/fieldtrack/fieldtrack.pb.go b/internal/testprotos/fieldtrack/fieldtrack.pb.go
index 63e0c1c4..fbecaea9 100644
--- a/internal/testprotos/fieldtrack/fieldtrack.pb.go
+++ b/internal/testprotos/fieldtrack/fieldtrack.pb.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 type TestFieldTrack struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
-	weakFields    protoimpl.WeakFields `json:"-"`
+	weakFields    protoimpl.WeakFields
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 
 	OptionalInt32         *int32                                      `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=optional_int32,json=optionalInt32" json:"optional_int32,omitempty" go:"track"`
diff --git a/internal/testprotos/test/test.pb.go b/internal/testprotos/test/test.pb.go
index 59a68492..4b200fcd 100644
--- a/internal/testprotos/test/test.pb.go
+++ b/internal/testprotos/test/test.pb.go
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ func (x *TestRequiredGroupFields) GetRepeatedgroup() []*TestRequiredGroupFields_
 type TestWeak struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
-	weakFields    protoimpl.WeakFields `json:"-"`
+	weakFields    protoimpl.WeakFields
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 
 	XXX_weak_WeakMessage1 struct{} `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=weak_message1,json=weakMessage1,weak=goproto.proto.test.weak.WeakImportMessage1" json:"weak_message1,omitempty"`